Manpages missing?
I was wondering in what package I might find the man pages for the C subroutines, eg. strtol, isascii, and the like. I have the libstdc++-dev package installed but the man pages are not there. Thanx. -- Paul Miller [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] /dev/null
Re: Linux vs. Windows
On Thu, Jul 30, 1998 at 08:52:52PM -0400, Tom Pfeifer wrote: The only problem along these lines with Windows is that it insists on rewriting the MBR when you install it. This can really throw someone who's not aware of it, and this practice is dead wrong - no OS should ever do that without at least asking. I've never had any other problem as far as Windows getting along with other OSes. Yeah, and Win95 setup *crashes* when you have virus warning activated in BIOS... (virus warning tries to protect MBR). Marcus -- Rhubarb is no Egyptian god.Debian GNU/Linuxfinger brinkmd@ Marcus Brinkmann http://www.debian.orgmaster.debian.org [EMAIL PROTECTED]for public PGP Key http://homepage.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/Marcus.Brinkmann/ PGP Key ID 36E7CD09 -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] /dev/null
Re: Manpages missing?
On Fri, Jul 31, 1998 at 11:10:21PM +, Paul Miller wrote: I was wondering in what package I might find the man pages for the C subroutines, eg. strtol, isascii, and the like. I have the libstdc++-dev package installed but the man pages are not there. Why do you expect the C manpages in a c++ development package? Please install manpages-dev, they are all there. Marcus -- Rhubarb is no Egyptian god.Debian GNU/Linuxfinger brinkmd@ Marcus Brinkmann http://www.debian.orgmaster.debian.org [EMAIL PROTECTED]for public PGP Key http://homepage.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/Marcus.Brinkmann/ PGP Key ID 36E7CD09 -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] /dev/null
Re: How do I mount a FAT32 partition?
On Fri, 31 Jul 1998, Michael B. Taylor wrote: How do I mount a FAT32 partition on a hamm system? FAT16 has worked out of the box for years, and I know there is a way to mount NTFS partitions read only, but I havent seen anything on FAT32. Any pointers appreciated. Upgrade your kernel to 2.0.34 or 2.0.35. Bob Bob Nielsen Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tucson, AZ AMPRnet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] DM42nh http://www.primenet.com/~nielsen -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] /dev/null
Unidentified subject!
How do I create or edit paths? For instance, how do I put the X window system directory in my path? -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] /dev/null
Re: HP DeskJet 890C: poor performance on Linux vs. Windows
On 31-Jul-98 Martin Weinberg wrote: I used GIMP to view the original images and convert to postscript. They were both jpeg and gif originally. Similar results were obtained by converting with XV. Hm. Is there a better way to do the conversion? That is similar to how how I would do it too, except that I use ImageMagic. However, now you have a double conversion going on: jpeg|gif - PS - HPwhatever. There is scope for degradation at each stage. The great merit of using a custom driver is that it has been written with the express purpose of doing a good job for each specific graphic file type and the specific hardware it was written for (e.g. jpeg-HPDJ890C, gif-HPDJ890C). Therefore a lot of the hard work of discovering exactly what compensations are required has already been done by the manufacturer. There is nothing magic about Windows in this context: it is merely a channel by which the printer code generated by the driver reaches the printer. The real tuning required for the printer is built in to the driver. To return to the Linux problem. Though I use a native PS printer for production BW work I also have an Epson Stylus Color 600 for colour (mostly for digital photography: the cat looks great). For jpeg.etc-PS I use convert which actually is a part of ImageMagic but by using it standalone you have direct access to its options. I have also tried the GIMP and I think I marginally prefer using convert. For the moment we'll suppose we have a good PS version of the image; but we'll have to come back to this supposition. For PS-Epson I use ghostscript 5.10 which has a lot of different drivers for the Epson Stylus Color series. I haven't used an HP colour printer so can't comment directly on that. However, under /ghostscript/5.10/doc/hpdj you will find files README.hpdj and gs-hpdj.txt, which suggest that only HPDJ explicitly supported by the hpdj drivers go up to 855C, not 890C though it claims that no PCL3 printer has failed to work. What does seem to be missing with the the HPDJ drivers is the facility which is provided with the Stylus Color drivers: you can edit the colour transformation maps yourself in the .upp files and (less so) in the older DEVICE=stcolor drivers -- AND you may like to note that the new .upp drivers are designed to be universal though in a development stage at present. Read the WHOLE of /ghostscript/5.10/doc/drivers.txt to see what is going on -- it's a bit confusing. A relevant extract (re .upp files) is the following: QUOTE uniprint -- ESC/P, ESC/P2 and PCL/RTL-Driver by Gunther Hess [EMAIL PROTECTED] = This driver is intended to _become_ a unified printer driver. If you consider it ugly, please send me your suggestions for improvements. The driver will be updated with them. Thus the full explanation of the drivers name is: Ugly- - Updated- - Unified-Printer-Driver But probably you want to know, something about the functionality: At the time of this writing uniprint drives: NEC Pinwriter P2X (24Pin B/W Impact printer, ESC/P-Style) Several Epson Stylus Color Models (ESC/P2-Style) HP-Deskjet 550c (Basic HP-RTL) Canon BJC 610 It can be configured for various other printers _without_ recompilation and offers uncompressed (== ugly) SUN-Rasterfiles as another format, but this format is intended for testing purposes rather than real use. = UNQUOTE You might like to try this option. Now, here comes some theory (very incomplete since it's really only a summary of experience). First of all, the jpeg.etc-PS conversion may be more or less good. You have some control over this according to which converter you choose and what options you use for it. More later. Secondly, the PS-HPwhatever (probably PCL) may involve a transformation from RGB (Red-Green-Blue) colour coordinates to CMYK (Cyan-Magenta-Yellow-Black); PS-EpsonSTC certainly does. This is where a lot of grief comes in, because the jpeg.etc-PS translation is RGB, and the relation between RGB and CMYK is not mathematically precise. The fundamental difference is that RGB is for emitting colours, i.e. R shines Red (as on your monitor) and you see Red. CMYK is for absorbing colours. In theory CMY are complementary to RGB so that an ink which absorbs C will reflect R. In theory. So CMYK are for printing on paper and viewing by reflected light as opposed to RGB which are for viewing by emitted light. In practice the complementary relationship is both physiologically inexact and dependent on both the quality of the inks and on the quality, absorbency and runnability (i.e. how far does the ink diffuse into it) of the paper. Therefore your control of the results by mere calculation is loose, and you need to experiment. There is a further complication: again in theory a saturated combination of C+M+Y absorbs everything and should look black.
Re: Unidentified subject!
On Fri, Jul 31, 1998 at 04:43:21PM -0700, Tim Christensen wrote: How do I create or edit paths? For instance, how do I put the X window system directory in my path? export PATH=/usr/local/bin:$PATH for example. Put something to this effect in your ~/.bash_profile. See also /etc/profile. Marcus -- Rhubarb is no Egyptian god.Debian GNU/Linuxfinger brinkmd@ Marcus Brinkmann http://www.debian.orgmaster.debian.org [EMAIL PROTECTED]for public PGP Key http://homepage.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/Marcus.Brinkmann/ PGP Key ID 36E7CD09 -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] /dev/null
X11 installation problem
Hi! A few days ago I installed Debian 2.0 and today I tried to install X11R6 (3.3.2.3). When I started preinst.sh I get the message: You appear to have an a.out system. a.out binaries are not available for this release. Please help. I'm very new to this OS. Thanks a lot! jae _ Get your free personalized email address at http://www.MyOwnEmail.com -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] /dev/null
Re: HP DeskJet 890C: poor performance on Linux vs. Windows
On Sat, Aug 01, 1998 at 12:47:23AM +0100, Ted Harding wrote: PS to all on debian-user: With regret, I do NOT wish to get involved in person-to-person discussions about the details of getting this right on each individual's printer etc. It is potentially an involved and drawn-out process and I do not have the time to get drawn into it. Apologies in advance, but I do hope that the above is helpful to some of you. Don't worry. I just want to add that with aladdin and HP-660C printer, the uniprint driver (*.upp) is a must, because it gets the color right and doesn't waste your ink. I'll not discuss this with you :) Marcus -- Rhubarb is no Egyptian god.Debian GNU/Linuxfinger brinkmd@ Marcus Brinkmann http://www.debian.orgmaster.debian.org [EMAIL PROTECTED]for public PGP Key http://homepage.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/Marcus.Brinkmann/ PGP Key ID 36E7CD09 -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] /dev/null
Re: Is the diskless boot possible in debian ?
Thank you VERY much for your help. I can now successfully mount my win98 partition (using the vfat type) which makes my like so much easier trying to debug the modem problem. OK, the error is: Jul 30 15:07:20 gunner pppd[801]: pppd 2.3.5 started by root, uid 0 Jul 30 15:07:20 gunner pppd[801]: tcgetattr: Input/output error(5) Jul 30 15:07:21 gunner pppd[801]: Exit. In response to your inquiry: 1) I'm almost positive I added ppp support into the kernal during setup. 2) I'm not real positive that the serial port is being initialized correctly. I think ttyS0 is being initialized (for the mouse?) but there is no evidence that ttyS1 is. I tried echo ATDT555 /dev/ttyS1 and nothing happened. 3) I'm using the same init string as I do in windows 4) This one I'm not clear on. Do I need to adduser root dip? I created a user account (wesneski) which is the same name as my ISP account name, which I would imagine I would have to add if I wanted to dial out as that user. But I want it to dial out as soon as Linux boots. Is this possible? Or does each user have to dial out after they connect? Thanks again for all your help. I really really appreciate it Christopher Barry wrote: Well firstly, what is that error in the log file? Can you be more specific? To read your files on the win95 partition, the command is mount -t msdos /dev/windows partition device name /mnt (can be almost any directory you want). For example, say you have an IDE disk and Windows is on your first primary partition. Type: $ mount -t msdos /dev/hda1 /mnt If during the install of Debian you added vfat support then you should replace 'msdos' in the above with 'vfat' so that long file names aren't truncated. One problem with your ppp attempts may be that you didn't add ppp support during the install of debian. If are looking for some communications software to test your modem, you can grab minicom. It's a Debian package, find it at www.debian.org. In general with PPP and Debian, since they made the setup so friendly the're only a few things that could stop you from connecting that I can think of. 1) PPP support is not built in the kernel or not loaded as a module. 2) Your serial port's initialization failed. 3) Your modem's initialization string isn't right. 4) Your trying to connect as a user and aren't a member of group 'dip'. Solution is to do: as root, type 'adduser your_user_name dip'. If you think Linux is hard to install, try OpenBSD (aaaggghh :) Good luck, Christopher Christopher Wesneski wrote: I am having considerable trouble setting up my modem to connect to my ISP. I'm pretty sure I have the serial port configured but every time I run pppd via pon I get an error in the log file. I've read all the HOWTOs and anything else I can find (since no one on this list will ever help you if you don't) and I am still as lost as I was going in. In one of the HOWTOs they mention kermit and another program to test (not connect) the modem. I only have the base installed so I need to know, 1) what am I supposed to use to test that the modem is working? 2) is it a pert of the base install package? a) if not where can I get it and what do I need to do to get it running? 3) how can I mount(?) my win95 partition so I can access the files while in Linux (and vice-versa)? It is a real pain to have to keep switching OSs to read this lists mail and browse docs online and then try something and switch back and .. well you get the picture. I can see why people complain about the learning curve. It's not a matter of getting up it, it's just when you do get to a point where ignorance overcomes you and no one is willing to help it gets very frustrating. I'm almost ready to switch back to Windows (gasp) full-time. -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] /dev/null begin: vcard fn: Chris Wesneski n: Wesneski;Chris adr:http://wwp.mirabilis.com/8555629;;;Dallas, Texas;;;USA email;internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] note: [EMAIL PROTECTED] x-mozilla-cpt: ;0 x-mozilla-html: TRUE version:2.1 end:vcard
Re: Minicom OK, PPP very slow!
On Fri, Jul 31, 1998 at 09:55:02AM -0600, Young, Ed wrote: Last night I did a brand new install of 2.0. All went well and I wanted to get ppp going. I saved the distribution ppp files and put in my old options, options.ttyS3, net-connect, and net-chat files. Back up the files you're using now and run pppconfig and let it build a new configuration for you. Everything seems a bit different with later versions of ppp, but the pppconfig program is very straightforward and has given me good results on several different boxes. Luck, Pann -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] /dev/null
Re: Linus Torvalds interview
On 07/31/98 at 10:36 AM, Steve Lamb [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: Apparently you're doing something wrong. Because this *LINUX* advocate has a Win95/WinNT machine at home that rivals the uptimes of my Linux box. I have yet to lose data on that machine because of the OS, same as my Linux box. In fact, at one time I ran on a single machine OpenDOS, Win95, WinNT, OS/2 and Linux (Slackware). I had no problems with any of them. So, no, I don't think it is right that the OS dies unexpectedly. My experience is different than yours. Wonder why that is? I don't think I am gifted with any knowledge that you're not. What software do you run on Win95? I currently maintian 5 Win95 boxes and none of them even come close to my personal uptimes for either OS/2 or Linux (reboots only to switch OS'). George -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] /dev/null
X server source code for ATI board
Hi, I want to know if Debian provides source code for X server. Specifically for ATI Rage Pro chip set. thanks in advance. Naidu -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] /dev/null
Backups
Hallo, I have come to the conclusion that I cannot get reliable backups using ftape and my Iomega Ditto 2Gb tape drive. While trying out the latest beta version of ftape, two of my tapes (one - 3.7 gig - was bought the day before) were rendered unusable. I am getting a CRC error in the header of the tape. Now not even NT or Dos software can use those tapes. That is too expensive for me to try it out again. Now I have a few questions: 1. Do commercial backup programs for Linux use ther own drivers or do they rely on ftape? 2. How reliable is the use of rewritable cd's for this purpose? 3. Do other types of tape backup systems also have problems with reliability in combination with ftape? 4. Does anyone know whether it is possible to repair my tapes? Johann -- | Johann Spies Windsorlaan 19 | | [EMAIL PROTECTED]3201 Pietermaritzburg | | Tel/Faks Nr. +27 331-46-1310 Suid-Afrika (South Africa) | -- And why call ye me, Lord, Lord, and do not the things which I say? Luke 6:46 -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] /dev/null
Re: CD Creation in Windows
DN == Dinesh Nadarajah [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: DN Is it possible to create a debian CD under windows with the CD DN images posted on the web? Documentation discusses about changing DN the extension to .iso but my windows box would not recognize the DN format. Are there any freeware/shareware apps. for windows to do DN this? I have done this on a friend's box. I just changed the extention to .iso. Then (he uses a programm called CD-creator IIRC) told the programm to create a CD from a image file. It accepted the file and wrote the CD. No problem. Ciao, Martin -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] /dev/null
Re: X server source code for ATI board
On Fri, Jul 31, 1998 at 07:16:25PM -0700, Ellanti Manohar Naidu wrote: Hi, I want to know if Debian provides source code for X server. Specifically for ATI Rage Pro chip set. thanks in advance. Naidu I'm not sure by what you mean for source, but the ATI Rage Pro chip set is supported by Debian Linux. I'm sure you can just pull the source code for Xfree I have been using the ATI Rage Pro chip set cards for a while now under 2.0 and they work great. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] and in your eyes i see a million candles burning bright. -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] /dev/null
Re: Backups
On Sat, Aug 01, 1998 at 05:02:59AM +0200, Johann Spies wrote: I have come to the conclusion that I cannot get reliable backups using ftape and my Iomega Ditto 2Gb tape drive. While trying out the latest beta version of ftape, two of my tapes (one - 3.7 gig - was bought the day before) were rendered unusable. I am getting a CRC error in the header of the tape. Now not even NT or Dos software can use those tapes. That is too expensive for me to try it out again. Now I have a few questions: 1. Do commercial backup programs for Linux use ther own drivers or do they rely on ftape? Most use ftape; I assume they all do. BRU2000 for example. I recommend subscribing to the linux-tape list to discuss this; write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the text subscribe linux-tape. Claus, ftape's maintainer, is very helpful and the Ditto drives are well known. I have a couple of Ditto 3200s which work fine but the 2Gb seems to be quite different. Hamish -- Hamish Moffatt, [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] Latest Debian packages at ftp://ftp.rising.com.au/pub/hamish. PGP#EFA6B9D5 CCs of replies from mailing lists are welcome. http://hamish.home.ml.org -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] /dev/null
Q:gs-aladdin/gimp printing (may not be Debian-specific)
G'day -- I apologize if this turns out to be non-Debian specific, but I was reading earlier on a thread in this group on printing under gs, and I have a couple of questions ( I am running Debian 2.0- just released and 2.0.35 kernel): 1) Has anyone gotten gimp to print freefont-supplied fonts (like engraver) with HP600c deskjet? I am trying to print size 16 and getting extremly bad looking fonts, even though I can see them allright under X... 2) Is there a difference in how ghostview(1.5-17) handles printing, and direct printing (ala command line) from gs-aladdin (5.10-9)? If I try to convert the above mentioned image with small size fonts into ps format, my ghostview output looks just as bad as direct print from gimp. OTOH, if I use xfig for same images, with it's own fonts, everything works fine. If I use same fonts (freefont-supplied) in Staroffice presentation, they come out fine. So, in short: is there anyone out there getting freefont to print reasonablly well in gimp and *ps formats, and if so, could you point me to what am i doing wrong? (I use magicfilter, but haven't had a need until now for really good printing) Sorry for being so long.. TIA damir -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] /dev/null
Re: Backups
Thanks Hamish. On Sat, 1 Aug 1998, Hamish Moffatt wrote: Most use ftape; I assume they all do. BRU2000 for example. I recommend subscribing to the linux-tape list to discuss this; write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the text subscribe linux-tape. Claus, ftape's maintainer, is very helpful and the Ditto drives are well known. I have a couple of Ditto 3200s which work fine but the 2Gb seems to be quite different. I am already subscribed to linux-tape. Johann -- | Johann Spies Windsorlaan 19 | | [EMAIL PROTECTED]3201 Pietermaritzburg | | Tel/Faks Nr. +27 331-46-1310 Suid-Afrika (South Africa) | -- And why call ye me, Lord, Lord, and do not the things which I say? Luke 6:46 -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] /dev/null
warning: bug#25261 in xfstt (upload last night)
I just replied to a bug report about xfstt which I uploaded last night and wanted to put out a quick warning just so noone else gets burned by it. (btw if your not installing packages from unstable you have no need to worry) As of this version /etc/init.d/xfstt is now a conffile... I added a test to it to make sure it wasn't starting new instances of xfstt if called with start 2 times... unfortunaly I am more used to C than shell scripts and I typoed it. This is a minor typo but it stops the script form working. th etypoe was an exit (0) which doesn't work (whereas exit 0 does) I know this is simple fo ranyone who knows shell script to fix but...for those that don;t I just wanted to warn everyone xfstt_0.9.9-3 has a broken init.d script (even tho the new script fixes 2 other bugs... one of which was mentioned on the list today..and had been previously reported in the BTS) I have already built the i386 deb of a corrected xfstt_0.9.9-4 and am now building the sparc version. I will be uploading as soon as this is done and they should be in incomming very soon. I apreciate your patiendce and understanding in this matter...it really was a bone-head mistake on my part -Steve -- ** Stephen Carpenter ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** [EMAIL PROTECTED] ** All authority is quite degrading. -- Oscar Wilde pgpQNLNOK4ej4.pgp Description: PGP signature
Debian and TV
I am nearly at my wits end. Who has got a TV program for Linux working?? I have kwintv sources, xwintv sources and the bttv sources. the bttv stuff worked fine, kwintv has errors in the source, and xwintv doesnt like debian's qt packaging. HELP!! Please! Michael Beattie ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) PGP Key available, reply with pgpkey as subject. - WinErr: 005 Multitasking attempted - System confused - Debian GNU/Linux Ooohh You are missing out! -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] /dev/null
installing adbbs
I tried to install adbbs on my Debian 1.3.1 at home. Here is what I got as a first message: $ adbbs Can't locate loadable object for module Term::ReadKey in @INC (@INC contains: /usr/lib/perl5/i386-linux/5.004 /usr/lib/perl5 /usr/local/lib/site_perl/i386-linux /usr/local/lib/site_perl .) at /usr/lib/perl5/bbs-lib.pl line 10 BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /usr/lib/perl5/bbs-lib.pl line 10. Would be obliged if someone can say what should I do. Thanks, Eugene Sevinian CRD, YerPhI, 375036, Armenia URL: http://crdlx5.yerphi.am/prs/sevinian.html Phone: 374-2-344873 -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] /dev/null
Which printer do you recommend?
Hi all, I have one Linux machine and five Win95 machines networked. I want to attach a printer to my Linux machine and shared among them. Can someone recommend a printer for this configuration? A lot of thanks in advance. Jimmy Lu [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] /dev/null
Re: Debian install problem
On Fri, 31 Jul 1998, Gary S. MacKay wrote: Question: Is there any way I can either install via ftp or from my Win95 shared directory? If you've got an ftp server on your Win95 machine (and some way of connecting to it like TCP/IP), you can start up dselect, select Access, Ftp, and give it the information it asks for, starting with the location of your win95 machine. Otherwise, you can install via ftp from one of the debian ftp sites (try ftp.debian.org :)) Sony cdu31a drive? Sure. I have one in my other machine. You'll need to recompile your kernel (this isn't tough, if you haven't done it. Get the linux-kernel howto and follow the directions, or get the kernel source and use the debian kernel-package package). Make sure you enable the cdu31a driver (under CD-Rom drivers, of course). I had trouble setting parameters in the compile-time options, so I ended up passing the IO base and a few other things to the kernel at run-time via the options= lilo.conf setting. Will -- | [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | http://www.cis.udel.edu/~lowe/ | |PGP Public Key: http://www.cis.udel.edu/~lowe/index.html#pgpkey| -- |And if you on tight to what you think is your thing | |you may find you're missing all the rest ...| |- Dave Matthews, Best of What's Around | -- -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] /dev/null
Re: Which printer do you recommend?
Hi all, I have one Linux machine and five Win95 machines networked. I want to attach a printer to my Linux machine and shared among them. Can someone recommend a printer for this configuration? Depends on how much you want to spend, what performance you need and if you need color. If you have modest performance needs and no need for color, I can recommend HP Laserjet 6L or something such. I have on of those and it works really great in Linux (magicfilter with the ljet4-filter). It prints about 6 pages/minute. It's maintenance need are virtually zero (wipe the dust off from time to time), no powerswith (goes to power save mode after 10min of idle time), No problems with paperjam or such (I've had mine for a year soon and have printed 2000+ pages (It's great to have those HOWTOS on paper :) ) with no problems whatsoever). It comes with 1MB memory, upgradable to 9M. Resolution: 600dpi. According to the docs, the average lifetime of the toner casette is around 2500 pages. (And by the way, it works with WinXX too...) I'm sure other will come with good suggestions too, and I hope you will find a printer that suits you needs. HTH -- +Peter Granroth+ Microsoft is NOT the answer + + mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] + Microsoft is the question + + http://193.10.242.45 + The answer is NO+ -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] /dev/null
X - Missing video card
I'm trying to install X. I've got something working but I think it could be better. The problem is that I have the video card STB 4 MB Velocity 128 AGP but can't find this among the more than 100 cards to choose from. So what do I do? There is an option for STB Velocity 64 ... which I've tried with no success. Currently I use some generic option and run the X server VGA16. /Torbjörn -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] /dev/null
Re: Which printer do you recommend?
Quoting Peter Granroth ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): I have one Linux machine and five Win95 machines networked. I want to attach a printer to my Linux machine and shared among them. Can someone recommend a printer for this configuration? Depends on how much you want to spend, what performance you need and if you need color. If you have modest performance needs and no need for color, I can recommend HP Laserjet 6L or something such. I have on of I agree wholeheartedly; if you don't want color, you should definately get a laser. The consumables are a _lot_ less expensive, the printouts look better, and they come out faster. I've had a laserjet 4l for four years, and it's never given me any trouble. If you care to spend the money, a postscript printer is ideal for unix, but you can get by with ghostscript as long as you get a fairly mainstream printer. -- Michael Stone, Sysadmin, ITRI PGP: key 1024/76556F95 from mit keyserver, [EMAIL PROTECTED]finger, or email with Subject: get pgp key -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] /dev/null
Re: Debian install problem
Greets, If you've got an ftp server on your Win95 machine (and some way of connecting to it like TCP/IP), you can start up dselect, select Access, Ftp, and give it the information it asks for, starting with the location of your win95 machine. Otherwise, you can install via ftp from one of the debian ftp sites (try ftp.debian.org :)) I'm not sure that this will work. Last time I tried (with a Bo CD and NT as the FTP server), this failed miserably. One reason seemed to be that dselect was looking for case sensitive file names, and NT takes a lot of liberties with it's filename cases. Another problem is that NT can't understand symlinks, and there are a lot of links in binary-i386 pointing to binary-all. The FTP server on NT will just see these as 0 length files, and dpkg will choke on them. Installing from a linux FTP, OTOH, is a breeze. But that's a chicken and egg problem, isn't it :) Damon -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] /dev/null
Problems with pslatex terminal in gnuplot beta347 (pre3.6) in Debian Linux 2.0 (hamm) (fwd)
Hi all!
Last time I experienced several problems with gnuplot. It is very
important for me, because I generate with the gnuplot a lot of charts for
my PhD thesis.
I've reported it as a bug to the gnuplot team, but now I remind, that
similar problem (SIGSEGV after writing of 12288 bytes to the output
PostScript file) occured in Scilab 2.3 with Debian. Maybe this is
something Debian specific, so I've decided to forward it to this list too.
I would be very gratefull if someone test the attached data and answer me
if the problem occures in other hamm systems too.
If someone knows the solution, please let me know.
Wojtek Zabolotny
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Date: Fri, 31 Jul 1998 12:24:30 +0200 (EEST)
From: Wojciech Zabolotny [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Problems with pslatex terminal in gnuplot beta347 (pre3.6) in Debian
Linux 2.0 (hamm)
Hello gnuplot developers!
I need to include some complicated plots generated by gnuplot into my
Latex document. However, when I try to use the pslatex terminal with
auxfile option, the gnuplot fails with SIGSEGV, after 12288 bytes of the
auxiliary PS file is written. I've stated, that this effect depends on the
length (?) and the contents (?!) of filenames (so probably there is
something wrong with memory management). Therefore I attach the
tgz file with sample gnuplot data, which cause the error. The build file
invokes the gnuplot with the appropriate parameters. The processing of
phd_w4_s3_l10_wzneur.nsts.gnuplot file causes the SIGSEGV, and the
processing of this_works.gnuplot file (which is just the symlink to the
phd_w4_s3_l10_wzneur.nsts.gnuplot) gives the correct results.
This the output of the gdb's bt command after the failure:
#0 0x40092cbf in free ()
#1 0x40092b31 in free ()
#2 0x806f89c in cp_free (cp=0x80e6028) at misc.c:174
#3 0x806f873 in cp_free (cp=0x80e3508) at misc.c:169
#4 0x806f873 in cp_free (cp=0x80e1c98) at misc.c:169
#5 0x80779fa in eval_plots () at plot2d.c:1348
#6 0x80743a7 in plotrequest () at plot2d.c:332
#7 0x804b84f in command () at command.c:539
#8 0x804afd1 in do_line () at command.c:287
#9 0x807209c in load_file (fp=0x80e0dc8,
name=0xb96c phd_w4_s3_l10_wzneur.nsts.gnuplot, can_do_args=0)
at misc.c:1042
#10 0x804bd70 in command () at command.c:624
#11 0x804afd1 in do_line () at command.c:287
#12 0x804af4f in com_line () at command.c:262
#13 0x8073c25 in main (argc=1, argv=0xbda0) at plot.c:439
Thanks for any help or advice
Wojciech Zabolotny
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PS1. Please answer to address [EMAIL PROTECTED]
PS2. When I try to use pslatex terminal without the auxfile option, I
get the Latex error message, because it does not understand the
\special{ command (although there are no problems with the
\special{! command). What is the reason of it?
gnuplot.bug.tgz
Description: Sample data
Installation problem
I'm trying to use dselect to install packages from a mounted msdos directory but I keep getting an error that says it can't find dpkg-perl part 1. I looked in the directory where the other packages are and didn't find it. I went back out to the ftp.debian site and could not find it in /dist/stable/binaryi386 I finally wen tot the web site and downloaded it there. I tryed the install again but I keep getting the same error. Am I missing a needed file? What else can I try? What directory on the ftp site would I be able to find these files in? TIA Cristov Russell [EMAIL PROTECTED] _ DO YOU YAHOO!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] /dev/null From maor Sat Aug 1 16:48:39 1998 Received: (qmail 31915 invoked from network); 1 Aug 1998 21:48:39 - Received: from murphy.novare.net (HELO murphy.debian.org) (205.229.104.6) by debian.novare.net with SMTP; 1 Aug 1998 21:48:39 - Received: (qmail 19667 invoked by uid 38); 1 Aug 1998 21:46:45 - Resent-Date: 1 Aug 1998 21:46:45 - Resent-Cc: recipient list not shown: ; X-Envelope-Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Received: (qmail 19613 invoked from network); 1 Aug 1998 21:46:43 - Received: from mail.tor.shaw.wave.ca (HELO norquay.tor.shaw.wave.ca) (24.64.63.48) by murphy.novare.net with SMTP; 1 Aug 1998 21:46:43 - Received: from shaw.wave.ca ([24.64.165.2]) by norquay.tor.shaw.wave.ca (Netscape Messaging Server 3.0) with ESMTP id AAA10563 for debian-user@lists.debian.org; Sat, 1 Aug 1998 17:47:42 -0400 Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Sat, 01 Aug 1998 17:55:32 -0400 From: nebu . [EMAIL PROTECTED] Organization: @Home Network X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.02 [en]C-AtHome0402 (Win95; U) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: ATI [EMAIL PROTECTED] AGP support Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Resent-Message-ID: tNuUxB.A.-yE.Ez4w1@murphy Resent-From: debian-user@lists.debian.org X-Mailing-List: debian-user@lists.debian.org archive/latest/13768 X-Loop: debian-user@lists.debian.org Precedence: list Resent-Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hi, I'm planning on going from 1.3.1 to 2.0 and figure I'd might as well go for a hardware change to. I just wanted to know whether anyone has any experience with the ATI [EMAIL PROTECTED] AGP video card; I'd appreciate knowing whether this works under debian (particularly under Xfree86). Thanks for your help, and advise. Nebu -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] /dev/null
ASUS P2B-S and Debian
Hello again, along with my video card upgrade, I want to get a new motherboard and am thinking of the Asus p2b-s (onboard scsi based on AIC-7890). Has anyone used debian with this board? Thanks again for any advice! Nebu -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] /dev/null
Re: ATI XPERT@PLAY AGP support
At work I have ATI [EMAIL PROTECTED] I used ATI XPRESSION instead and it works very well. (BTW: It doesn't have hamm on that computer, so hamm might have a driver for it). Liran. --- http://www.math.tau.ac.il/~liranz/ On Sat, 1 Aug 1998, nebu . wrote: Hi, I'm planning on going from 1.3.1 to 2.0 and figure I'd might as well go for a hardware change to. I just wanted to know whether anyone has any experience with the ATI [EMAIL PROTECTED] AGP video card; I'd appreciate knowing whether this works under debian (particularly under Xfree86). Thanks for your help, and advise. Nebu -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] /dev/null -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] /dev/null
a couple emacs questions
I would like to know if emacs can automatically change the date and time of when I revise my html docs everytime I save? Also I was wondering if it is just me or is emacs easier and faster to operate in than xemacs? Xemacs seems kind of screwy. Everytime I go into it I spend most of my time fumbling around like an idiot. I guess it just takes some getting use to. I was just curious if anyone else prefers emacs over xemacs. -- Thanks, Keith MCNE You only get one chance at life, but if you do it right, you only need one. Debian GNU/Linuxhttp://www.naples.net/~nfn11988 -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] /dev/null
Indenting columns w/ LPR
I like to make hard copies of config files to refer to and print them out on 3-hole punched paper. However, I find that the printing starts at the extreme left edge of the paper and 4-5 characters worth get cut out by the holes. I've tried to use the -i switch but it doesn't seem to want to work with my printer. I used magicfilter to set up my HP IIIP, using the enclosed hp3p filter. It prints wonderfully, except for the left margin being so tight to the edge of the paper. The manpage does say that -i may not work with all printers, so ...any ideas? pob -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] /dev/null
Re: Is this expected ssh behavior?
probably enough to close this bug report. You wouldn't happen to know how to get bash to read all of it's appropriate login scripts and then executing a command would you (this is for over an ssh connection)? From the ssh(1) manpage: Additionally, ssh reads /etc/environment and $HOME/.ssh/environment, and adds lines of the format VARNAME=value to the environment. Some systems may have still additional mechanisms for setting up the environment, such as /etc/default/login on Solaris. So if you want to do anything beyond setting environment variables in that login script you're hosed, but I set up the environment I want in ~/.ssh/environment and it works. Good luck, -- Pete Harlan [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] /dev/null
